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Help Manually switch or pick Network?

broke

Newbie
Feb 9, 2010
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PCAN FL
I am trying to figure out if it is possible to pick which network I want the phone to be on. Here is my issue.

At my house the "EV network" is complete crap. I get full signal but data to the phone will come for about 2 seconds, stop for 8 seconds, come again, then stop again etc etc.

Last night on the couch my phone showed the "1x Network." So I did the speed test and it was constant speed no break ups. Browsing was fast enough for my liking.

Is there a way to pick and choose the 1x over the EV or does the Moment automatically pick it for you.
 
I am trying to figure out if it is possible to pick which network I want the phone to be on. Here is my issue.

At my house the "EV network" is complete crap. I get full signal but data to the phone will come for about 2 seconds, stop for 8 seconds, come again, then stop again etc etc.

Last night on the couch my phone showed the "1x Network." So I did the speed test and it was constant speed no break ups. Browsing was fast enough for my liking.

Is there a way to pick and choose the 1x over the EV or does the Moment automatically pick it for you.


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I'd like to know too.
 
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That sucks. On the EV Network at home my result is always 30-40 down and 130 up with "5-6" bars. Faster upload than download.....pfffff

2 Miles down the road I get 740 down and 130 up with "3" bars of service.

Makes no sense.......

there were some ideas that you could change the threshold/limits for the signal (using QPST) so that it doesn't "change" from EVDO to 1x until later on... but no one has been brave enough to try it. :)
 
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there were some ideas that you could change the threshold/limits for the signal (using QPST) so that it doesn't "change" from EVDO to 1x until later on... but no one has been brave enough to try it. :)

UPDATE:

i think that there is a possible solution to this:

WARNING: you could really mess up your phones if you change the wrong things, so be careful in these menus.

if you have your MSL #, then go into your dialer and type in:

##33284# (Debug Menu) - enter your MSL # and you should have an option for:

HDR/1X Selection - Click on this and change from:

Hybrid Mode to:
CDMA Only Mode (or EVDO Only Mode)

Click OK and hit back to exit out.

edit: there have been people who've mentioned they've had issues receiving text messages when they edit this...
 
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